The Influence of Mountains on Airflow, Clouds, and Precipitation

International Geophysics

Volumn 99, Issue C, 2011, Pages 673-750

  Cotton, William R ^a   Bryan, George ^b   van den Heever, Susan C ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Orographic clouds; Orographic precipitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957758141     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(10)09917-1     Document Type: Book

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